ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The controversial bill to restructure the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, or Hashd al-Shaabi) ...

Zor, leaving 1 dead and abducting 6 (4 still missing). The assault coincided with government shelling across the Euphrates, ...

A bill in Iraq that would further formalise the role — and perhaps, the autonomy — of a powerful coalition of pro-Iran former ...

Iraq's prime minister has approved disciplinary measures against senior commanders in a paramilitary force after clashes with ...

On August 11, 2025, Iran and Iraq signed a significant defence agreement focused on strengthening joint security operations along their approximately 1400-kilometer shared border. The deal was ...

Despite the lingering scars left by the Islamic State s capture of swaths of Iraq and Syria over a decade ago and the current ...

Britain supports Washington's opposition to Iraq's PMF bill, arguing the force's anti-ISIS mandate has expired. The UK envoy ...

Rudaw, a media outlet in Erbil, the capital of the KRG, noted that the local authorities believe that the Hashd al-Shaabi or the Popular Mobilization Forces are behind the attacks.

Recent drone attacks in Kurdistan are once again bringing the issue of Iraq’s Iran-backed militias to the fore.

The clash broke out in Baghdad's Karkh district after a group of fighters from the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) stormed ...

Opposition from the United States has led to the delay of the ratification of a law related to Iraq's pro-Iran Popular ...

Sudani, has enacted significant disciplinary actions against Kataib Hezbollah after clashes with police in Baghdad led to three deaths. The attack, instigated by a former director implicated in ...